Horrific photographs released by police in Australia show a Chinese man was shot 34 times in the head with a nail gun before his body was weighed down and dumped in a river. Detectives investigating the death have released graphic X-ray images of Chen (Anthony) Liu’s skull, which clearly shows the

A British mother of two is fighting deportation from Dubai where she has been jailed for adultery and stripped of custody of her sons. Marnie Pearce, 40, began a three-month jail sentence in late February in the Muslim Gulf emirate, after being convicted of cheating on her husband. Ms Pearce, who

Toxic cane toads, rampant in most parts of tropical Australia and impossible to eradicate, may finally have met their match - in a one centimetre long ant. Meat-eating ants, notoriously aggressive as their name suggests, are the latest weapon in the war on the invasive toads, which for 70 years

The body of British yachtsman Malcolm Robertson, who was brutally murdered at sea and thrown overboard, has been found off the coast of southern Thailand. Fishermen found Mr Robertson’s body 10 nautical miles north of Satun’s Lipeh Island on Monday, a week after he was attacked by three teenage

More than 230 illegal migrants are presumed dead after a boat capsized in a violent storm off Libya last weekend. Two other boats are reported missing. Twenty-three people “of African and Arab nationality” were saved by Libyan coastguards, according to local media, but 21 bodies have been found

The death toll from Australia’s worst-ever bushfires has been revised down to 173 from 210 following extensive coroner examinations and a review of missing persons reports. Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner, Kieran Walshe said the number of people confirmed dead in the Black Saturday bushfires

A children’s party turned into a bloodbath when the brother of a girl celebrating her fifth birthday decapitated her and fatally stabbed her 17 year old sister at the weekend. After murdering the two girls, 23-year-old Kerby Revelus then turned towards his 9-year-old sister, Sarafina, with a knife

Sydney Miles of coastline in Australia have been declared a disaster zone after a large oil spill from a storm-damaged cargo ship. At least 40 miles (60km) of the southeastern shore of Queensland were contaminated as an estimated 42 tonnes of oil spilt into the ocean from the MV Pacific Adventurer

Miles of Australia’s most pristine coastline have been declared a disaster zone following a large oil spill from a storm-damaged cargo ship. At least 60 kilometres of Queensland’s southeastern shore were contaminated when at least 42 tonnes of oil spilled into the ocean from MV Pacific Adventurer

A British tourist was left in a coma after he was viciously attacked by three men. The 30-year-old man, who was kicked with such force that there were boot imprints on his head and face, is in a critical condition in hospital. The man, who currently lives in Australia, had travelled to Napier on